Colloquia

Synergies of CEvNS and dark matter experiments in astroparticle physics

by Dr Dimitris Papoulias (University of Ioannina)

Europe/Athens
Description

The recent observation of coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CEvNS) by the COHERENT experiment, has opened a new window for exploring a wide range of interesting physics opportunities within and beyond the Standard Model. For example, CEvNS is a unique tool for performing precision tests of the Standard Model at low energies and for investigating the neutron distribution in nuclei. The analysis of CEvNS data also provides complementary constraints to existing ones extracted at large scale oscillation and accelerator experiments, for a variety of interesting new physics scenarios. The latter mainly concern nonstandard interactions (NSIs), sterile neutrinos, violation of lepton unitarity, electromagnetic neutrino properties etc. and their impact to direct dark matter detection. In the final part of the talk, looking at the wider picture I will discuss how CEvNS experiments can facilitate more general studies beyond the neutrino sector, with a special focus on axion like particle (ALP) searches.

 

Videoconference via https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83327265204